Well, here goes...
I read so many blogs...so many.
I tried a blog...once. 
And after reading 3 blogs today I thought how therapeutic writing a blog must be for these people...so, here goes.

Make sense to start with a brief introduction...my name is Mary Anne.  Yes, a southern-double name.  Yes, like the chick off of Gilligan's Island...and yes, my best friend's name is Ginger.  I am not kidding. 

I am married to Brad.  We met while I was on staff at Seesalt (a Christian youth camp where we ministered to teenagers through music, drama, Bible study, and recreation).  The first summer we were on staff, we liked each other...the second summer we were on staff, we fell in love.  And I'm not kidding...that summer, I knew I was going to marry him.  We've been married for a little over 10 years, and for the most part, it's been really wonderful.  :-)

We have two boys.  Samuel is 6 and David is 2.  I'm sure I'll post lots more about them, but they are the most incredible gifts that I have ever been given.  There's not a moment that goes by that I can wrap my my around the fact that God has blessed my life by allowing me to be the mother of these two, amazing, smart, energetic, crazy little men.  While I am definitely not perfect, by God's grace, I am perfectly their mother.  They rock my world...and I love being the only lady in my house.  'Tis good to be queen!

I am a music teacher at the best elementary school in the world.  I have been teaching music at my school for 10 years...that's hard to believe.  It's even better that Samuel goes to school with me every day and has had the super-best teachers at my school!  I love teaching music - reaching children through music makes my job so much fun.  Seeing the difference that music makes in their lives drives me to give them the best I have...music changed my life...but that's another blog for another day.

So, that's a brief intro...more to come...